GastroAwesome

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1. New grad wants to QUIT first job, PLEASE HELP.

   GastroAwesome replied to WowzersRN's topic in Critical Care

   I started on a ward I hated as well and quit after about 18 months. I wanted to quit like you after a month or two but knew at least a year would look better on my resume so planned to stick it out...

2. Scabies outbreak in nursing home!!!

   GastroAwesome replied to YoungMaleCNA's topic in General Nursing

   Bump... did is you end up contracting scabies? I'm in a similar position...had a patient then next shift came in to find or she has scabies! And I think it's the crusted kind. Panicking over here that...

3. Hate Floor Nursing? Don't Despair!

   GastroAwesome replied to takecare11's topic in First Year After Licensure

   í ½í±í ¼í¿¼ thanks for sharing your positive outlook. I also tried several floor nursing jobs before I threw in the towel. Kept waiting to like what I was doing and realised it was never...

4. I feel nursing is more of a calling than anything else

   GastroAwesome replied to Tarrus Eliuds's topic in Spirituality, Religion

   I think regarding nursing as a "calling" is something new nurses can easily do before they are faced with what nursing really is. Nursing isnt about martyrdom and following a ~calling~ for many...

5. Are we "semi-professionals"

   GastroAwesome posted a topic in General Nursing

   Today I was filling out a survey. Under the occupation section I immediately scanned for "professional" Boy was I startled to see these first 2 options: •professional (eg doctor, accountant)...